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Past Event

Crafting Objects, Crafting Community: Gender and Material Culture in American Religion

January 21, 2021
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
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Event Description: 

Jodi Eichler-Levine and Alyssa Maldonado-Estrada will be in conversation about their new books examining the role of material culture in shaping gender, memory, community, and identity in American Judaism and Catholicism. Join the Barnard Center for Research on Women in celebrating these new books: Lifeblood of the Parish: Men and Catholic Devotion in Williamsburg, Brooklyn by Alyssa Maldonado-Estrada and Painted Pomegranates and Needlepoint Rabbis: How Jews Craft Resilience and Create Community by Jodi Eichler-Levine

Event Speakers: 

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Event Information:

Free and open to the public; RSVP required. Please visit the event webpage for additional information. Live captioning and ASL interpretation will be provided.

Hosted by the Barnard Center for Research on Women and co-sponsored by the Barnard College Religion Department, Columbia University Religion Department, Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life, and the Columbia Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies